Gentlemen, it is with great displeasure that I must inform you that we’re doing it wrong.

  • TotallyHuman
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    We conclude that the sitting posture is the best position for men with urination problems, e.g. due to an enlarged prostate to urinate in, whereas no difference was found in healthy men

    Buried near the bottom. Clickbait headline.

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      I’m waiting for the StandUp to Poo study

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        Yeah, a study that compares the benefits of using a toilet vs the benefits of pooping the way East Asians traditionally do (a “hole” on the ground).

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          And if I recall, the results were that squatting is actually better at lining up all of the anatomy for least effort in evacuation. As a result there was a suggestion of a lower incidence of haemorrhoids.

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        Bend over, load torpedo, FIRE.